Tarte Tatin

This great traditional recipe is the perfect dish for all of those yummy apples that are arriving at this time of year! It is a challenging recipe as it takes a lot of checking but definitely worth the time.

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Yields: 8

Ingredients

Ingredients - Pastry

1 cupall-purpose flour

1 tbspgranulated sugar

1 pinchsalt

1/2 cupcold butter - quartered

1 egg yolk

2 tbspice water

Ingredients - Filling

3 1/4 lbscrispin apples (8 to 10 apples)

1/3 cupbutter - softened

1 cupgranulated sugar

Directions

1In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar and salt. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until in coarse crumbs. Whisk egg yolk with water; drizzle over flour mixture and toss with fork until in clumps. With floured hands, form into ball; press into 1-inch (2.5 cm) thick disk. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.